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So I was given a dead GTX 460. It artifacted like mad. I figured it was dead. It was covered in cigarette paste, I figured I'd give it a good cleaning with hot soapy water and agressive scrubbing with a toothbrush before throwing it on to my GPU shelf.

 

This is what the cooler looked like, the PCB wasn't even recognizable

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After cleaning it, I dried the parts and board with my air compressor, put it back together, and figured I'd test it.

 

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Guess it just needed all that tar cleaned out from under the chips and other components, I've had it running for an hour now. Works great.

 

This isn't the first card I've cleaned in the sink either. Just gotta make sure they're dry first ;)

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looks like someone gave it some TECH YES LOVIN love the look of that cyclone edition cooler still a favorite of mine 

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As long as there is no electricity going through the card (it's not on and any capacitors had time to adequately discharge), it won't get fried.

However, water is still corrosive, and while drying is probably adequate, I would soak it in rubbing alcohol just to be safe.

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Now try with titan V :)

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Hm, so humans aren't the only things that can't run for an hour if you plug them up with cigarette tar :P

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1 minute ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

Buy me one and I'll repeat the same process

 

If it lives, I get to keep it

 

If I kill it, I'll buy you two

Wow, high steaks.

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10 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

-sniped ur mum-

TIL the MSI GTX 460 Cyclone was just a slightly larger stock cooler without the plastic shroud.

 

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I wash my parts often If I'm too lazy to clean it with only air blower.

 

it faster, and more effective.

 

the exception are PSU and HDD.

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hot damn... good job!!! I would have for sure said no way would that ever get resurrected... 

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The smell must have been wonderful.

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7 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

This is what the cooler looked like, the PCB wasn't even recognizable

Back when we had a repair shop there used to be customers that did not believe their smoking habit was the cause of the machine's failure, even after showing them stuff like that.

 

We ended up charging an extra "smokers fee" for having to work on bs like that.

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